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THE SOUTHERN HANDICAP 
ONE OF THE EARLY CLASSICS OF THE 
SEASON PROVES A BRILLIANT SUCCESS 
The Interstate Association’s Eleventh Southern Trap¬ 
shooting Tournament was held at Memphis, Tenn., May 
9, 10 and 11, 1916, under the auspices of the Memphis 
Gun Club. 
The program for the tournament differed to some ex¬ 
tent from that of last year. Several new events were 
added by The Interstate Association. These were the 
Southern Introductory, the Southern Special and the 
Southern Overture. Trophies were awarded in all of 
these. Also competition for women was provided and 
special trophies for the fair enthusiasts put up for 
award. This is a new venture and is anticipated as 
one of the things which will well advance trapshoot¬ 
ing generally. 
Practice Day—May 8th. 
There was some great shooting on practice day. Not 
for some seasons has anything the equal been achieved 
in a Dixie meeting. In fact, high scores came in such 
profusion that when a contestant ranked below 95 he 
really didn’t amount to much. 
H. D. Gibbs and W. R. Crosby were high over all with 
perfect scores of 100. The two “pros” from Union City, 
Tenn., and O’Fallon, Ills., respectively, moved from 
trap to trap, shooting with deadly aim. None of their 
targets were dusted or partially broken either, both 
cleanly powdering every one of them. 
These “pros,” though, did not have the field to them¬ 
selves in distinction. Three amateurs dropped but a 
single target and tied for high gun in their class. One 
is a Memphian, A. H. Campbell; the second hails from 
the Far West, H. P. De Mund of Phoenix, Ariz., and 
the last is a Georgian, J. D. Allen of Atlanta. Their 
99’s, coming together as th did, marked one of the 
best amateur exhibitions ever resulting in any southern 
tournament. 
A total of 89 competed in the opening contest, one of 
five 20-target events. The day, as far as weather con¬ 
ditions went, couldn’t have been beaten. There was 
no wind to bother, while the sun, though somewhat hot 
with its first real summer rays for Memphis, lacked the 
glare which handicaps some. 
Taking a glance over the field, one found shooters who 
are known in all portions of the United States, while 
there were several whose reputations are international. 
State champions and holders of many titles in the past 
shot alongside the star professionals or the mediocre. 
The latter, however, were few and far between, indeed 
a good majority of the contingent which fell below the 
marks of the expert had plausible excuses or, to put it 
plainer, had a bad day, their “reps” upholding their 
standard. 
On the heels of the leaders came eight who ran even 
for third place. Ninety-eight was their figure. They 
were Woolfolk Henderson, Lexington, Ky.; Sid Dodds, 
Hickman, Ky.; Harvey Dixon, Oronogo, Mo.; Art 
Killam, St. Louis, Charley Goodrich, Chicago; Johnny 
Noel, Nashville; Tom Fox, Lynchburg, Va., and F. C. 
Koch, Phillipsburg, O. 
They are all notable for either past performances of 
positions in the trap world. Dodds won the Southerr 
Handicap at Nashville in 1909; Henderson was Grand 
American Handicap winner in 1914, and that year also 
national singles and doubles title holder; Harvey Dixon 
was first in the Grand American Handicap in 1911 when 
he smashed 99 from the 20-yard peg, setting a record for 
that distance in the feature. Johnny Noel is presi¬ 
dent of the Tennessee Association. Three of the num¬ 
ber are “pros”—Killam, Goodrich and Fox. 
Those with 96 breaks were: Fred Bills, Chicago; 
Charley Spencer, St. Louis; J. R. Rinkle of Oklahoma 
City; Homer Clark, Alton, Ills.; J. W. Hawkins, Balti¬ 
more, and A. R. Ludlam, Raymondsville, Tex.; Hawkins 
and Ludlam are amateurs. 
There were some fine long runs and not a few un¬ 
finished. Campbell went straight from the eight target 
of the initial event, which he dropped, for a run of 
92. This was the best of the amateurs. Others ranged 
around in the seventies, some half dozen popping off 
fine strings before dropping one or finishing their 100. 
First Day—May 9th. 
The first day was one of peerless shooting, long runs 
and keen competition. Indeed, the field, augmented by 
several score stars from many outside points, rivaled 
any shoot in the country for all-round excellence in 
trap merit. 
Charley Goodrich, the little “pro” from Chicago, wrested 
the lead over all from a total of 22 squads. Goodrich 
dropped the eight target at the first trap, but went 
straight from that point and completed the final event 
with an unfinished run of 142, the second best string 
of the tournament so far. A left quartering target in 
the opening event, shooting into the sun, escaped the 
aim of the Illinois man, and he was deprived of a 
possible in the 150-target contest. 
Of the amateurs, William Ridley, from far-off Iowa, 
showed the way with but one less break than his pro¬ 
fessional competitor. Ridley, who lives at What Cheer, 
also had bad luck at the first trap. He missed the first 
and third targets shot at, but then powdered the re¬ 
mainder for a 148 total. His run of 147 was the best 
for an amateur. He was tied for second by W. R. 
Crosby, who also counted up quite a string of shattered 
targets. “T-Bill” was down one each on the fourth and 
fifth 15’s, but before losing a target mounted his un¬ 
finished string of 100 on Monday to 156. 
Ridley is a former Western Handicap winner and has 
taken the Iowa State Title repeatedly. While it i3 
his first appearance in a Southern Tourney, he has been 
a most dangerous competitor in the Middle and western 
meetings for years. 
Two more men of the trades followed next. Homer 
Clark, Alton, Ills., and Art Killam, St. Louis, Mo., 
shattered 147 of the flyers. Then the South came into 
its own. John Livingston and W. H. Jones shot their 
way into a tie for the succeeding position with the 
splendid scores of 146. Livingston is an Alabamian, 
residing at Springville. Jones is from Macon, Ga. Both 
had some fine consecutive breaks. The Alabamian, who 
is a vet in the game, ran 69 on a Monday holdover and 
later totaled 62, the latter being unfinished. Jones 
passed the century mark, powdering 103. This was, 
however, coupled to an unfinished string of Monday. 
Unlike the others, he got away flying, dropping his 
first on the fifth 20. He then lost one of the sixth, 
eighth and ninth, the latter costing him a tie with 
Ridley. Livingston was bothered at the outset, miss¬ 
ing two on No. 1 and one on No. 2. 
The Arizona Champ, H. P. De Mund, who is carry¬ 
ing the colors of the Phoenix Gun Club, and H. D. 
Gibbs, a leader on Practice Day, were the remaining 
contestants to get into the class of 145 or better. Each 
broke this figure. The Westerner had a run of 136 when 
he rounded out his total of yesterday with breaks of 
15, 15 and a 19 on the first three traps. Gibbs, fol¬ 
lowing his perfect run of 100 Monday, secured a 73 
in yesterday’s events. 
Homer Clark missed but three of 15 pairs in the 
doubles after lunch and was ahead in a good field. 
Fifty-three found an interest in this and the great ma¬ 
jority made fairly good scores. 
Woolfolk Henderson, William Ridley and Charley 
Spencer were tied for second. 
Second Day—May 10th. 
Alabamians sprang to the fore and carried off the 
bulk of honors for the second day. John R. Livingston, 
the veteran from Springville, captured highest place in 
the Preliminary Handicap after a shoot-off with a fel¬ 
low statesman, Charles A. Courtney of Sulligent. 
The two were real leaders, topping the entire field 
of 131 amateurs and “pros” with total breaks of 961. 
Courtney broke but 17 of the 20 in the shoot-off, while 
his opponent went straight. The handicap committee 
evidently realized the big Alabamian’s ability, for they 
placed Livingston on the 22-yard peg. Courtney was 
set back to the second line, shooting from 17 yards. 
Third trophy went to W. Williams, a Nashville boy, 
who had a clean run of 20 in his shoot-off with P. C. 
Ward, Hickman, Ky., and J. F. J. Hixon, Turell, Ark. 
The trio all broke 95 in the main event. Williams and 
Ward were 17-yard men, while the Arkansan was sta¬ 
tioned at 16 yards. The latter secured 18 and Hixon 17 
in the special 20. 
Charley Spencer, the St. Louis professional, led the 
trade representatives when he smashed his way through 
for a tie with three amateurs in second place. Shoot¬ 
ing from the last peg, 23 yards, Spencer cleaned up 
with 95. , 
It was another day of brilliant shooting. There 
were long runs, together with some of the best ex¬ 
hibitions so far. The wind was exceedingly high in 
